Image pickup apparatus

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus is provided that can switch between an optical viewfinder mode for identifying an object using an optical viewfinder and a live view mode for identifying an image of an object using a monitor. The apparatus includes an auto-focus unit able to be configured in the optical viewfinder mode; and a control unit configured to switch, in a case where a mode for performing exposure control in association with an auto-focus result obtained by the auto-focus unit is set, when the optical viewfinder mode is switched to the live view mode, to a mode for performing exposure control not in association with the auto-focus result.

1. An image pickup apparatus that can switch between an optical viewfinder mode for identifying an object using an optical viewfinder and a live view mode for identifying an image of an object using a monitor, the apparatus comprising:
 an auto-focus unit able to be configured in the optical viewfinder mode; and 
 a control unit configured to switch, in a case where an automatic depth-of-field photographing mode for performing exposure control in association with an auto-focus result obtained by the auto-focus unit is set, when the optical viewfinder mode is switched to the live view mode, to a programmed photographing mode for performing exposure control not in association with the auto-focus result, 
 
     
     
       2. The image pickup apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the auto-focus unit is configured to perform auto focus based on a phase difference. 
     
     
       3. The image pickup apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first operation member configured to select at least one of the programmed photographing mode and the automatic depth-of-field photographing mode; 
 a second operation member configured to select an auto-focus mode; and 
 an auto-focus controller configured to enable, when the live view mode is switched to the optical viewfinder mode, even in a case where the automatic depth-of-field photographing mode has been set by the first operation member, the auto-focus unit in the auto-focus mode selected by the second operation member. 
 
     
     
       4. An image pickup apparatus that can switch between an optical viewfinder mode for identifying an object using an optical viewfinder and a live view mode for identifying an image of an object using a monitor, the apparatus comprising:
 an auto-focus unit able to be configured in the optical viewfinder mode; and 
 a control unit configured to switch, in a case where a first mode for performing exposure control in association with an auto-focus result obtained by the auto-focus unit is set, when the optical viewfinder mode is switched to the live view mode, to a second mode for performing exposure control not in association with the auto-focus result, 
 wherein the first mode is a mode in which, based on an evaluation photometry result obtained at a focus ranging point, a photometric value obtained when focus is achieved is locked, and the second mode is a mode in which photometry is continuously performed in real-time. 
 
     
     
       5. The image pickup apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the auto-focus unit is configured to perform auto focus based on a phase difference.